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China is embracing the "Internet of Things" (IoT) technology as part of an effort to address thorny food security issues, a government official said. A pilot program will include the establishment of a cloud computing center in Shanghai's Jinshan district to ensure food ...
The municipal health authority has launched a crackdown on restaurants' use of illegal cooking oil to improve food safety. "All restaurants must retain receipts for cooking oil for inspection and we will increase the frequency of regular inspections," said Ma Yanming, press ...
Tightened bank lending and falling prices are beginning to take their toll on property developers in some of the hottest markets around the country, from Beijing to Shanghai to Guangzhou. While many cash-strapped developers in major cities are trying to keep their heads low, ...
Israel and China have signed a deal worth 235 million U.S. dollars to provide Chinese fertilizer producers with 500,000 tons of potash in the second half of 2011, Israel Chemicals Ltd (ICL) said Sunday. "Our agreements with Chinese customers for the second half of the year ...
The Dow Chemical Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with chemical storage service provider Dragon Crown Group on Friday for the establishment of a logistics and storage center in east China's municipality of Tianjin. The Tianjin Terminal Project will cover a total ...
China's efforts to cool down its overheated property market have seemed to discourage developers in 130 cities across the country, leading to a 9-percent year-on-year decline in land sales for residential housing development in the first half of 2011, the Ministry of Land and ...
TNT Express NV, the Netherlands-based international express delivery company, is vying for a larger share of China's road delivery market, a top executive from the company told China Daily on Thursday. Although the road delivery market in China is not as mature as those of Europe ...
Sales of home appliances in rural China jumped 83.7 percent year on year in the first half of 2011, to 124.58 billion yuan ($19.28 billion), driven by a government subsidy,the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday. Home appliances sold in the first six months increased by 56.7 ...
The inventory in China's property market will surge in the second half of the year, thus prompting property developers to cut prices further as tightening measures continue, industry experts said on Tuesday. According to Stephen Green, head of research at Standard Chartered Bank ...
Pork prices rose 3.4 percent week-on-week in the week ended July 3, after an increase of 4.5 percent the previous week, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Tuesday. Since early May pork prices have continued to rise in China mainly due to a domestic shortage of pigs ...
Tesco PLC, the world's third-largest grocery chain by sales, on Monday signed a strategic cooperative agreement with Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd. The move signals a further step in the UK retailer's development of shopping malls and underlines its ambition in the ...
A clash of opinions over the need to cut import duties on "luxury" goods has broken out between China's financial officials and commercial policymakers. Spectacular as it is, the ongoing debate has so far done little to boost domestic consumption, a desirable goal that both sides ...
Escalating city property prices have ignited a great race to the suburbs by the urban middle class, mostly young managers and professionals. The rush is particularly intense in Shanghai, where prices of apartments in the city have risen by 60 percent on average during the past ...
The nation's high housing prices will meet a downward inflection point in the third quarter of the year but the sector is not expected to suffer a "hard landing", according to a report released on Saturday by the Beijing-based Renmin University of China. More Chinese cities saw ...
After overtaking McDonald's Corporation in the number of its outlets globally, US fast food giant Subway now aims to more than double the figure in China over the next five years. It also wants to become more localized, capitalizing on China's huge urbanization program and the ...
Overseas diamond retailers are paying close attention to the booming diamond market in China with a view to cashing in on the country's growing purchasing power. Figures from the Diamond Administration of China (DAC) show that the annual turnover at the Shanghai Diamond Exchange ...
Residential home prices rose 0.41 percent month-on-month across 100 major cities in June, said a report released by China Real Estate Index System (CREIS) on Friday. The rise is 0.12 percentage points lower than that in May. The average price of residential homes across the 100 ...
PepsiCo Inc, the world's second-largest food and beverage company, will continue its investment in China's agricultural sector. The move is designed to provide a secure supply of raw materials, protect the local environment and promote cooperation between the company and Chinese ...
Corning Inc started its first joint venture laboratory on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday in partnership with a well-known ceramics institute in Shanghai. "The joint research facility is aimed at exploring technologies to support the development of future Corning products that ...
Some supposedly edible cooking oil on store shelves in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province is being produced from so-called gutter oil and swill-cooked oil, Chinese media have reported. Swill-cooked oil is waste animal oil and oil that has been used several times - usually by ...
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China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Xinhua Feature: World's political, business leaders gather in Davos for WEF
Xinhua Feature: World's political, business leaders gather in Davos for WEF
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The snow-covered Swiss town of ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
Super car club in commercial drive
Super car club in commercial drive
On the night of Nov 11, more than 150 super cars were driven into the ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
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Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) stands with teammates Chris Bosh (C) and ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...